Divine Origin of Craft of Herbal

ISBN-13: 9780710307309 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 108 str.

E. A. Wallis Budge

Opis

Traces the history of herbs far back into antiquity and shows that the gods themselves were believed to be the original healers, not only by revealing the knowledge of their healing properties of mankind but by creating the sustaining herbs out of their own bodies. This book deals with the old gods as herbalists and their divine medicine.

Spis treści

PREFATORY NOTE I. THE OLD GODS AS HERBALISTS AND THEIR DIVINE MEDICINES. II. THE DIVINE HERBALISTS III. WATER A DIVINE ELEMENT IV. VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES OF DIVINE ORIGIN V. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HERBALS AND BOOKS OF MEDICINE VI. HOLY OILS AND MEDICATED UNGUENTS VII. SUMERIAN AND ASSYRIAN HERBALS VIII. THE GREEK HERBALS IX. THE LATIN HERBALS X. THE HERBAL IN SYRIAC XI. THE HERBAL IN ARABIC XII. COPTIC LISTS OF PLANTS XIII. THE ETIIIOPIAN (ABYSSINIAN) HERBAL, INDEX

O autorze

E.A. WALLIS BUDGE was once Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiques in the British Museum, and author of numerous works.